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2009 Product Fairs (Philadelphia/Los Angeles)

The Product Line Management (PLM) teams will be conducting two (2) face-to-face Product Fairs/Strategy Sessions focusing on PIP, MNS, VOIP, IDA, IT Solutions and Security. One of the Product Fair/Strategy Sessions will be held in Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 3rd (see first tab of attachment for address details). Another Product Fair/Strategy Session will be held in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 9th (see first tab of attachment for address details)This year we are opening up the Product Fair/Strategy Sessions to your Sub Agents as well. If you or your Sub Agents are interested in attending one of these Product Roadshows/Strategy Sessions we are asking that you pre-enroll both you and your Sub Agents in advance.

Please complete the last tab of the attachment titled “RSVPs”, by COB on Monday, May 25th, and RSVP if you will be attending the Product Fair and also indicate which Strategy Session(s) you and/or your Sub-agents would like to attend. Please note, if there is not enough enrolled participants per Strategy Session, that session is subject to be cancelled. We encourage and recommend that you and your Sub Agents attend the Product Fair and as many of the Strategy Sessions that you can. Because there are considerable costs associated with these sessions, if you have enrolled in one, it is important that you attend the session.

The attached spreadsheet lists the dates and locations of the Product Fair, the products that will be represented at the Product Fair and the times and topics associated with the Strategy Sessions (The PLMs will be hosting their booths from 8:30 - 5:30 and the Strategy Sessions will also run from 8:30-5:30). Please review and schedule your selection ASAP (no later then Monday, May 25th) so that you can take full advantage of the Product Fair and Strategy Sessions.

Once you complete the RSVP tab on the attachment, please email it back to vbica-mkting@verizonbusiness.com(no later then Monday, 5/25)

Please reach out to your Channel Manager if you have any questions.

Verizon Business 2009 Data Breach Study Finds Significant Rise in Targeted Attacks, Organized Crime Involvement

More electronic records were breached in 2008 than the previous four years combined, fueled by a targeting of the financial services industry and a strong involvement of organized crime, according to the "2009 Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) released Wednesday (April 15).

This second annual study -- based on data analyzed from Verizon Business' actual caseload comprising 285 million compromised records from 90 confirmed breaches -- revealed that corporations fell victim to some of the largest cybercrimes ever during 2008. The financial sector accounted for 93 percent of all such records compromised last year, and a staggering 90 percent of these records involved groups identified by law enforcement as engaged in organized crime. To read more, click here.

A complete copy of the "2009 Data Breach Investigations Report" is available here

VoIP Interface Support Feature Available to Managed WAN Customers
Customers can now purchase VoIP Interface Support, a new standard feature that is required when Managed WAN is used in combination with Verizon's IP Trunking or Hosted IP Centrex. The new feature provides implementation and ongoing configuration management of VoIP related functionality in customers' managed WAN routers.

For more information, see Features and Benefits of Managed WAN Services and How to Price VoIP Interface Support via Managed WAN on Insite.

Verizon VOIP - Burstable Enterprise Shared Trunks (BEST)
Organizations of all sizes will get even more from their IP networks by adding new IP Trunking capabilities from Verizon Business. As more companies make the move to voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), Verizon Business is providing its IP Trunking customers with on-demand sharing of unused trunk capacity, more platforms for IP PBX (private branch exchange), a new path to VoIP through its Ethernet to Private IP access option, and automated rerouting of calls to maintain business continuity.

Trunks are communications lines that connect switching systems. Verizon VoIP Trunking services use Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling to interoperate with either an IP or time division multiplex (TDM) PBX or key system. This versatility gives a customer an easy way to replace traditional TDM trunk lines provided through the public switched telephone network. With the introduction of Burstable Enterprise Shared Trunks (BEST), you will be able to leverage trunking resources by accessing idle port capacity at the Enterprise level to meet peak busy hour requirements at a location level. Verizon Business will dynamically monitor use of concurrent call ports across all locations and allow a location to ‘burst’ over the quantity ordered/billed for that location, if ports are idle at other locations and customer has sufficient bandwidth to support.

To find out more about BEST, please view our podcast here

LD Voice Promotions Extended to June 30
Be sure to reach out to potential LD customers and let them know that the LD Voice - Outbound 60 Promotion and the LD Voice - Inbound 60 Promotion have been extended to June 30, 2009. See Promotions Finder for complete details.

TBI Vendor Specialist
Hope Grames Onweller - 847.353.1845